Cocktail Hour: Grapefruit Mojito & Chicken Satay. Cooking is always more fun with a cocktail in hand! ;) Central Iowa tapped out at a toasty 78 degrees again today, which inspired me to whip up a refreshing, ice-cold Grapefruit Mojito to sip on while making dinner this evening. Now, you might think you don’t like grapefruit. Trust me, I get it. I used to feel the exact same way. My 93 year old Grandma has had half a grapefruit sprinkled with sugar for breakfast every single morning for as long as I’ve known her, and whenever my family visited my grandparents in Ohio growing up, I’d ask for the other half so I could be just like her, even though I secretly loathed the bitter, acidic taste of grapefruit. This is it! Despite the cute little spoon with serrated edges she’d give me to loosen the segments nestled inside the fruit, and the heaps of sugar I’d pour on top, I could never get past the pucker-inducing flavor, and usually aborted the mission after a few scoops.
Sour, yes, but also much sweeter than I remembered – and SO juicy! 5 Decadent Vegan Drinks for Winter (Page 2) It’s officially chilly out there! Rather than turn up the thermostat this winter, warm yourself from the inside out with these decadent vegan drinks. Of course, you could warm yourself up with a hot cup of tea, but isn’t there something about the cold weather that makes you crave a rich, decadent drink to warn your belly and your soul? Folks usually associate drinks like hot cocoa and chai tea with cow’s milk, but armed with some tasty milk alternatives and a careful eye for label-reading, you can satisfy your sweet tooth with a cruelty-free mug instead. Need a little inspiration to fill your mug? We’ve got five decadent vegan drinks that are sure to please!
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Beer Based. Margarita. White Wine Based. Martinis. Frozen. 7 Tasty Fruit Cocktail Recipes (Page 3) By Sara Novak, TreeHugger Can a cocktail be good for you? In moderation, we’d like to think so. The seven drinks here are packed with vitamin-rich fruit. Plus, the easy recipes are proof you don’t have to pay top dollar for great cocktails — you can make them at home. The key to tasty and potentially healthy cocktails is avoiding processed, sugar-packed store-bought mixes.
And just like cooking farm to fork, mixing farm to fork means letting the ingredients shine. To trim down the carbon footprint, use a farmers’ market as your guide to what’s local, using the same flexibility as you would in your normal seasonal cooking to adjust recipes as needed to what’s growing at home. 1. Tomato juice is naturally loaded with vitamins and minerals — especially if you make your own. While Bloody Marys are the essential brunch cocktail, the garnish — Buddha’s hands peels (also called fingered citrus) that have been seeped in vodka — makes this one special. Method 1. 2. 3. All images by Sara Novak. Tequila-Soaked Watermelon Wedges. The Sidecar Cocktail. Warning: This May Become Your Favorite Drink The Sidecar is a velvety smooth, cognac-fueled elixir that features both sweet and sour notes. Every time I have one, I wonder why I don’t drink it more often. In fact, it may be my “desert island cocktail” – the drink I’d choose if I could have only one.
As is the case with many cocktails, the origins of the Sidecar are somewhat mysterious. But once you taste this fabulous drink, you won’t care where or how it originated. Recipe: The Sidecar Cocktail The Sidecar is simplicity itself: Just mix fresh lemon juice, Cointreau, and cognac (or brandy). As with any drink that contains both sour (in this case, lemon) and sweet (Cointreau), getting the balance right is a matter of individual taste (more about this in the Notes). This recipe makes one drink. Ingredients Note that the recipe directs you to shake the drink. Learning To Taste The theme of this blog is “Season to Taste . . .
Fortunately, none of this is rocket science. Americano!!! | Jo Cooks. Arancello recipe. Hi Guys! So first of all can I give you all a big, fat THANK YOU?!?! The initial response to the release of our very first cookbook was amazing and it’s all because of you totally kick-ass readers! So thank you, thank you, thank you! You guys really made our day!! Okay, now to today’s recipe. Arancello 10 oranges, scrubbed 1 liter good quality vodka (minimum 80 proof/40%) 2 1/2 cups granulated sugar 4 cups water Directions: 1. Kalimotxo recipe. So, coke and red wine probably sounds horrible to you. It’s not. Hear me out. Kalimotxo is a really simple and really refreshing drink. My dear friend Karin turned me on to them. In Boise, which is where I am from, there is this amazing Basque restaurant Bar Gernika. They serve Kalimotxos there, and I always try to get one, and their croquetas, which are amazing. Kalimotxo Serves 3 to 4 Ingredients:3 cups (24 ounces) red wine (preferably NOT expensive)2 cups (16 ounces) cola colalots of ice Directions: 1.